Garment-drying frame



I; GARON.

GARMENT. DRYING FRAME.

APPLICATION man JAN. 10. 1920.

PaflnnndJune 13,1922.

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Q S T A 'l' E g nner rarest ISRAEL GABON, 0F DULUTH, 1\!.[INl UilE0TA,

GARMENT-DRYING- FRAME.

To all to ham it may concern Be it known that I, ISRAEL GABON, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Drying Frames, of which I do hereby declare the following to be a specification.

My invention relates to garment drying frames, as for mittens and hosiery and has for its object the provision of an improved frame fordrying mittens or hosiery during manufacture. One of the objections to the drying frames heretofore in use for such purposes is that there has been no practical means for holding the wrist of the mitten or inverted top of the hose in order to prevent it from shortening by shrinkage during the drying process. Another objection to prior drying frames has been that the palm portion or instep. portion of the frame is substantially rigid, or non-contractible so that when the mitten or hose is pulled off the frame the wrist portion or ankle portion must stretchto the width of the palm or to the width'across instep and heel. A third objection to former dryin frames is j that the portion of the frame which projects into. the thumb is substantially rigid, and either cannot practicably be swung away from the palm portion in order to permit inspection of the side of the mitten thumb adjacent the palm, or else the thumb frame cannot be laid approximately fiat against the palm during the drying process so that the mitten thumb will dry in properposition. Another objection to former drying frames is that separate frames were required for right hand or lefthand mittens. In my invention all the above noted objections are avoided. -My said invention consists of the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my said invention showing the hereinafter described wrist cl'amp in operating or closed position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofsaid invention, showing said wrist clamp in open position and showing the hereinafter described thumb frame swung outward in position toreceive the thumb of the mitten, or to permit inspection thereof. Fig. 3 is an opposite side elevation of said invention showing said wrist clamp in closed position; said thumb frame being swung into the verti- Specification of Letters Patent. yatentgd Jung 13, 1922 Application filed January 10, 1920.

Serial No. 350,693.

cal plane of the hereinafter described palm frame, and being concealed thereby. Fig.

4 is a rear elevation of my said invention, showing said wrist clamp in open position, and showing said palm frame in, contracted position. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of a modified form of my invention showing the same as constructed for drying socks or stockings. Fig. 6 is a front elevation partly in central vertical. section of a modified form of a portion of my said invention.

In the drawings, 1 is a base of any suitable form or structure, preferably cylindrical, whereby invention is adapted to be mounted upon any suitable stationary or movable support. Extending upward from said base is a stationary post comprising a substantially straight portion 1? and (in that form of the invention adapted for the drying of mittens) an approximately comma- Y shaped portion 1 Pivotally mounted upon said base, as by a pivot 2, is a post comprising a substantially straight portion 2 and (in that form of the device adapted for drying mittens) anoutwardy curved portion 2", the upper end of said outwardly curved portion 2 being reduced in thickness and extending into a guide slot formed in a transversely directed bar 1 extending across said commashaped portion near its upper end. Said posts are connected together near their lower ends by a connecting bar 3, which bar is pivotally connected as at 3? to one of said posts and is eccentrically pivoted at its opposite end to a shaft 3",

journalled in the other of said arms and provided with an operating handle 3 It will be observed that by operating said shaft by means of said handle, the pivoted post '2" will be rocked on its pivot so that its upper end will move along the bar 1 to .5

ward the inner end'thereof.

Journalled on each ofv said posts is a holdfast or clamp comprising a shank portion 5 and a fork portion 5, which fork portion in operating position is adapted to straddle the adjacent post transversely and to closely engage or bind the wrist of the mitten or top of the hose between itself and such post to prevent such wrist or top from being drawn upward by shrinkage during the drying process. Said holdfasts are held. in operative position under tension by aspring or springs of any suitable structure or method of application, as by a coiled tension, spring attached at one .end to one of saidholde fastsand at the other end totheothe'r of said holdfasts preferably at points arshort.

i the pivots and keep the holdfasts in open 7 thumb frame isomitted. v p In said modified form, the loweror straight straight portions, as will be readily under-f upon any suitable support.

or retracted position. The 'pivots of said holdfasts preferably extend through slots plane on said arms according tothe length of" the garment they are required to. engage. In the form of said invention deslgned for drying mittens, I journalupon one of said.

posts"preferably the stationary post-7a thumb frame 6, which may be swung on 1ts pivot forwardly or rearwardly beyondthe front or rear faces of said posts. If desired,

a brake of any suitable structure may be provided to prevent said thumb frame from accidentally changing from theposition at which it has been set by the operator". Said brake may consist of a spring-6 interposed between the pivoted endof said thumb frame and the opposite post; In themodified form of said invention used for hosiery, said portions of the posts, togetherwith said base and holdfasts, are the same asin the first described form, but the upperor "curved ends 'of the posts are slightly modified in'contour so aslto present the general vertical contour of a foot, in which the curvedportion' 1 of the stationary arm resembles the outllne of the heel and toe and bottomof. a foot, and the curved portion2 of the movable arm re sembles-the outline of the top ofthefoot; 1 If desired the straight portions 1; 2 1 of the posts may be separate from thecur ved portions, and thecurved portions may be mounted thereon in any suitable manner, as; show'nin Fig; 6 of the drawings; so that the foot forms or the palm forms mayfbesub stituted for each other upon, the; same straight portions. This may be done by re ducing the diameter of the lower ends o'f' the w curved portions and inserting them in recesses formed in the upper ends of said stood from this description.

Said frames whether used Y be mounted A In-operation, the holdfasts first retracted, antlthe garmentto be driedis drawn such garment be hosegit is of course inverted 1 soythat tlie normal upper end of thefhoseis lowermost and extends between the'f'h'oldfa'stsi Ifsuch garmentbe a'niitten, the mittemdrylng form of such frame is used in p g g for dr ingmie ,tens or'for drying hosiery may the mitten at the same time that the palm portion is inserted in the palm thereof. If

The holdfasts are then snapped into oper ative position to clamp the open end of the garment, to said posts. The operator may V i inspect the dried garment while itis 1n ,posi; 1 2 in said posts so thatthey may be adjusted in said slots to ,a higher or lower tion on the .frame, t o seeif there are any places requiring mending." @For this purpose,

he may rotate said frame in said carriage socket, so as to inspect both sldes of the garment; Ifa mittemhe may swing the thumb toward saidstationary postg which contracts 7 the. widest portionxof suchframe, 0r loop formedby said'postmasacross the palm of the mitten frame oras acrossthe 'heelj'and top ofthe instepof.the hosiery frame;.therei by: permittingthe i garment tobedrawiroff f the frame withoutmaterially, if atlall,

stretching" the narrower Iparts of; "gar mentout of shape.

It is obvious {that my said 'inventionnnay What I claim is J It will be observed thatia'niaterial advantage of the mitten :dryingform of said frame a is derivable" from the factflthatthe same frame isadaptable-for use witheither rights handedforleft-h'anded-mittensyby reason of j i *the fact that the'same thumbvfi'ame-can be swung out to eitherside ofthe 'wpalniqframei i be modifiedor altered in certain details with in the spirit and scope ofjfcertainjof my.

post extending therefrom, saidypost having connected to said-base andextending 'therea. curvedfluppenend adapted to meet the posts being adapted in operative positionito meter. of said loop-is contra'otedqf 21 111 a garment drying framesthec nhiper terminal offsaijdstationarypost, said i i 115 cooperateto formalbo and means. formef tracting said PiVQtBdPQSt' toward 'saidstatlonary post, wherebyygthe transverse di 12h: j 'nations with a suitable base, of arstationary p I M i po'st'extending therefrom, said post havinga over theuipper end otthe drying frame. *If

substantially straight-"lbwer portion and a curvedfupper portion; a" second "pest pivotr I theref tm approximately" parallel to said. 1

stationary estgfor a partofitslength;said pivoted post: having a curved" upper end U adapted to'meet' the" upper terminal of' said stationary pest; saidypestssbeing adaptea in any ctnnected w sai'dfbase a arid extending 6 jnation with a suitable basefofa stationary operative position to cooperate to form a loop, and means for clamping the fabric of a garment to said posts.

3. The combination with a suitable base, of a stationary post extending therefrom, said post having a curved upper end, a second post pivoted to said base and extending therefrom approximately parallel to said stationary post for a portion of its length, said pivoted post having a curved upper end adapted to meet the upper terminal of said stationary post, said posts being adapted in normal position to cooperate to form a loop and a thumb-shaped member pivoted to a suitable support and adapted to be swung on its pivot forward or back through said loop.

4-. The combination with a suitable base, of a stationary post extending therefrom, a second post pivoted to said base and adapted in normal position to cooperate with said stationary post to form a loop, a thumbshaped member pivoted to said stationary post and adapted to be swung on its pivot forward or back through said loop, and means mounted on said posts for clamping thereto a portion of the garment to be dried.

5. The combination with a suitable base, of a stationary post extending therefrom, a

second post pivoted to said base and adapted in normal position to cooperate with said stationary post to form a loop, means for swinging said pivoted post on its pivot toward said stationary post whereby the loop formed by said posts will be contracted in diameter near its upper end.

6. The combination with a suitable base, of a stationary post, a second post pivoted to said base and adapted in normal position to cooperate with said stationary post to form a loop, clamping means carried by each of said posts, said means comprising a shank portion pivoted at its lower end to the corresponding post and a forked portion formed on or secured to the free end of such shank portion, said forked portion being adapted to straddle the corresponding post and to clamp thereto the intervening edge of a garment to be dried, and means for holding said shanks in operative position under tension.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afl'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL GABON.

Witnesses LILLIAN KANER, SOPHIA PLosKI. 

